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1921 - 1943 (21 years)
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Alfred Eugene Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
Birth |
22 Jul 1921 |
Harlan, Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1930 |
Harlan, Kentucky, USA [4] |
District 5 |
Residence |
1 Apr 1940 |
Wythe, Virginia, USA [2] |
Burial |
1943 |
Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA [5, 6, 7] |
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Death |
31 Jan 1943 |
Messina, Sicilia, Italy [5, 6, 7, 8] |
Notes |
Added by Dan Phelan
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TSgt Alfred E Montgomery
Birth 22 Jul 1921
Death 31 Jan 1943 (aged 21)
Messina, Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy
Burial
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial
Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Plot Wall of the Missing
Memorial ID 56249125 · View Source
On January 31, 1943, Montgomery was flight engineer on B-24D #41-11603 named 'Malicious', assigned to the 9th Air Force, 376th Bombardment Group, 513th Bombardment Squadron. Malicious was the lead plane on a combat mission to bomb Messina Harbor in Sicily. Two engines were knocked out of commission by anti-aircraft artillery, but they stayed on their bomb run and hit their target. They were then set upon by German fighter planes and after a running battle, were forced to make a water crash landing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, twenty miles off the coast of Messina, Sicily. Crewmen in other aircraft saw four to six men evacuate the plane into life rafts, but subsequent rescue flights were unable to locate the men.
Because his body was never recovered, he's memorialized on the Wall of the Missing.
Montgomery was from Lee County, VA. He received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
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Person ID |
I1224 |
MontyHistNotes_III | William Montgomery d1815 Orange NC |
Last Modified |
8 Mar 2024 |
Father |
Elondus Lonnie Montgomery, b. 12 Dec 1887, Hancock County, Tennessee, USA d. 31 May 1972, Bell, Kentucky, USA (Age 84 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Birdie Shackelford, b. 4 Oct 1896, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Jul 1925, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA (Age 28 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Marriage |
Abt 1910 |
Family ID |
F731 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Birth - 22 Jul 1921 - Harlan, Kentucky, USA |
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| Residence - District 5 - 1930 - Harlan, Kentucky, USA |
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| Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - Wythe, Virginia, USA |
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| Burial - 1943 - Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA |
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| Death - 31 Jan 1943 - Messina, Sicilia, Italy |
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Sources |
- [S301] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
Record for Alfred E Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=KYbirthindex&h=3601671&indiv=try
- [S194] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wythe, Elizabeth City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4259; Page: 59A; Enumeration District: 28-18.
Record for Alfred E Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=20765122&indiv=try
- [S337] Montgomery, Isla Awyn, Branches of Montgomerys and Longs, (Name: Location: Denver, Colorado, USA; Date: 1980;;), Section 2 Pages 38-55 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton (Reliability: 1).
- [S239] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: 749; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0025; Image: 628.0; FHL microfilm: 2340484.
Record for Elondous Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=81895492&indiv=try
- [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Alfred E. Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=35351934&indiv=try
- [S359] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for TSgt Alfred E Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveGlobal&h=3883207&indiv=try
- [S361] Shackleford Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA;), Montgomery, Alfred Eugene Memorial #56249125 Plot: Wall of the Missing Accessed KRM 6 May 2018 3:02pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56249125/alfred-e-montgomery.
Shackleford Cemetery
Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia, USA
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2426132/shackleford-cemetery
From Rose Hill, go west on US-58 for 2 miles; turn left (at Presbyterian Church) on SR-682 for 1.5 miles just past the homes of Wayne Burgan & Paul Taylor; turn left onto Wayne Burgan's farm. Cemetery cannot be seen from the road and a 4-wheeled drive vehicle is needed to drive up the hill to the cemetery.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56249125/alfred-e-montgomery
- [S362] National Archives and Records Administration, World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
Record for Alfred E Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4283&h=100764&indiv=try
- [S337] Montgomery, Isla Awyn, Branches of Montgomerys and Longs, (Name: Location: Denver, Colorado, USA; Date: 1980;;), Section 2 Pages 38-55 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton.
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